Psalms 80
1 For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. A testimony. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that art enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
To the Chief Musician. For "the Lilies of Testimony." Asaph’s. A Melody. O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Thou who leddest forth Joseph like a rock, Thou who art throned on the cherubim, appear!
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Thy might, and come to save us.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come! to our salvation.
3 O God, restore us; and cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
O God, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt Thou be angry against the prayer of Thy people?
O Yahweh, God of hosts! How long hast thou been wroth with the prayer of thy people?
5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.
6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours; and our enemies mock as they please.
Thou dost make us an object of contention to our neighbours, And, our foes, find mockery for themselves.
7 O God of hosts, restore us; and cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
O God of hosts, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
8 Thou didst pluck up a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst drive out the nations, and didst plant it.
A vine out of Egypt, thou didst remove, Thou didst cast out nations, and plant it;
9 Thou didst clear a place before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.
Thou didst make a clear space before it, So it rooted well its roots, and filled up the land;
10 The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the mighty cedars with the boughs thereof.
Covered were the mountains with its shade, And, with its boughs, the mighty cedars.
11 She sent out her branches unto the sea, and her shoots unto the River.
It thrust forth its branches as far as the sea, —And, unto the River, its shoots.
12 Why hast Thou broken down her fences, so that all they that pass by the way do pluck her?
Wherefore hast thou broken down its fences, So that all who pass along the way, pluck its fruit?
13 The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, that which moveth in the field feedeth on it.
The boar out of the forest, browseth upon it, And, the wild beast of the field, pastureth thereon.
14 O God of hosts, return, we beseech Thee; look from heaven, and behold, and be mindful of this vine,
O God of hosts, return, we pray thee, —Look down out of the heavens, and see, And inspect this vine:
15 And of the stock which Thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that Thou madest strong for Thyself.
Yea the stock which thy right hand planted, Even upon the son thou didst secure for thyself.
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of Thy countenance.
To be burned with fire, it is cut down, —At the rebuke of thy countenance, they will perish.
17 Let Thy hand be upon the man of Thy right hand, upon the son of man whom Thou madest strong for Thyself.
Let thy hand be, Upon the Man of thy right hand, Upon the Son of Man thou didst secure for thyself;
18 So shall we not turn back from Thee; quicken Thou us, and we will call upon Thy name.
So will we not draw back from thee, Thou wilt bring us to life, And, on thy Name, will we call.
19 O LORD God of hosts, restore us; cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
O Yahweh, God of hosts! bring us back, Light up thy face, That we may be saved.
